사무엘하 24:1-14 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:9

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king ,.... Having collected from the several captains employed in this work their several particular numbers, he put them together, and gave in the sum total to David: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword ; though many of them might be under the age of twenty, yet being robust and tall, and fit to bear arms, though but sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen years of age, were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:10

And David's heart smote him, after that had numbered the people ,.... For nine or ten months his conscience lay asleep, but now the thing was done, it is awakened, and accuses him for it, and he repents of it; now he began to see the pride and haughtiness of his heart; his vanity and confidence in the creature, which led him to it; aggravated by doing it without seeking to know the mind of God, and without giving him his due, the half shekel, according to the law, Exodus 30:12 ; intent... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:11

For when David was up in the morning ,.... Which it is probable was very early, he not being able to sleep through the distress of mind he was in; for the words should be rendered, "and David arose in the morning" F3 ויקם "et surrexit", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , for, as we render them, they seem to imply as if he had no sense of his sin before the prophet came to him next mentioned; whereas it was in the night he had been under the conviction of it, and had acknowledged it, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:12

Go, and say unto David ,.... Not my servant David, as Nathan was bid to say to him when it was in his heart to build an house for him, 2 Samuel 7:5 ; but now he had sinned and displeased the Lord, and therefore it is only plain David: thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things ; or lay them before thee to consider of which thou wouldest have done; the Targum is,"one of three things I cast upon thee,'as a burden to bear; one of the three I will certainly inflict upon thee by way... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13

So Gad came to David, and told him ,.... Said nothing to him about his sin, but correction for it; which confirms it that David was made sensible of his sin before he came to him: and said unto him, shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land ? in 1 Chronicles 21:12 , only "three years" are mentioned, and so the Septuagint version here; but Josephus F4 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 13. sect. 2. , the Targum, the Syriac and Arabic versions, have the number "seven"; three seems to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait ,.... Not knowing well which to choose, each of them being so grievous, and an answer being to be returned immediately; but by his next words, and by the event, it seems he chose the pestilence, though that is not expressly said: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; the Targum in 1 Chronicles 21:13 , is"into the hand of the Word of the Lord:" (for his mercies are great), and let me not fall into the hand of men ; indeed all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1

He moved David against them - God could not be angry with David for numbering the people if he moved him to do it; but in the parallel place ( 1 Chronicles 21:1 ;) it is expressly said, Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. David, in all probability, slackening in his piety and confidence toward God, and meditating some extension of his dominions without the Divine counsel or command, was naturally curious to know whether the number of fighting men in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:3

Joab said unto the king - This very bad man saw that the measure now recommended by the king was a wrong one, and might be ruinous to the people, and therefore he remonstrates against it in a very sensible speech; but the king was infatuated, and would hear no reason. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:5

And pitched in Aroer - This was beyond Jordan, on the river Arnon, in the tribe of Gad: hence it appears, says Calmet, that they began their census with the most eastern parts of the country beyond Jordan. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:6

Tahtim-hodshi - Where this place was is not exactly known: some think that the words refer to a newly conquered country, as our margin, the nether land newly inhabited; and if so, this was probably the country eastward of Gilead, which the Israelites, in the time of Saul, had conquered from the Hagarites, and dwelt in themselves. See 1 Chronicles 5:10 , where this transaction is recorded. To Dan-jaan - Or, to Dan of the woods. This is the place so frequently mentioned, situated at... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 24:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 24:6

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